by In order to fully understand the importance of Martin Luther King Day in Africa today, we need to acknowledge the significant influence that earlier leaders in the continent had in the making of the most important leader of black liberation in America. Martin Luther King in Ghana Retracing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s steps […]
12 African American Inventors, Activists and Leaders Lost to History
by “Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.” – Carter G. Woodson FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH I can remember sitting in American history class eager to learn and always wondering why Black history was marginalized to only one […]
10 Fun Facts About Tanzania for Kids
by Tanzania, officially United Republic of Tanzania – known in Swahili as Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania – is a sovereign state in East Africa. It borders Kenya and Uganda in the North; Rwanda, Burundi, and Democratic Republic of the Congo in the West, Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the South; and the Indian Ocean […]
MLK Day of Service
by Did you know that the US Congress passed the “King Holiday and Service Act” in 1994? The federal holiday for Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday was signed and observed in the 1980s. Later, the Corporation for National and Community Service led the effort to designate the day as a national day of service, a […]
Afro-Latino Arturo Schomburg: The African Diaspora’s History Keeper
by When it comes to celebrating Black History Month and talking about the prominent figures that have made their mark on American history, we must talk about Afro-Latino History. To that end, we must highlight the contributions of Arturo Schomburg who, as a young boy in his native island of Puerto Rico, was told that […]